The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-02
STATE POLITICS.

ing to exercise the privilege of voting
for the men of their choice. This is
Reform Democracy
Rayne Signal: Col. A. w. Gran
dali, of Madison parish, announces
himself as a candidate for the office
Of Lieutenant-Governor. He is the
only candidate for the position so far,
The Shreveport Democrat, discuss
| ing the proposition of a joint discuss.
ion, suggests that Eustis and Burke
for the McEnery side, and E. John
Ellis and E. d. White for the Nichols,
be pitted against each other.
Capitolian-AdVocate The DemoCra-
cy of Ibervllle held a primary election
for the selection of delegates to their
parish convention Wednesday 28d ult.
The election passed off quietly and
resulted in the selection of a majority
of delegates favoring the nomination
of Gov. McEnery. This will give a
solid delegation to the State nomins-
ting convention for Gov. McEnery.
The Webster Monitor relates the
following little fable 1.-TWO men
we're overtaken by bear, one ran up
a tree--fhe other feigned death. After
the bear had gone, the one up the
tree inquired to know, what the bear
had said to his companion, and was
told that he said, never keep COM
pany with a man who deserts friend
Stick a pin here brother Nichols"
Sugar Planter "Eyery Radical
paper in the State is supporting Nc
Emery for Governor" remarked a gen
tleman at Port Allen few days ago
to o friend. This is a stale story, dis
proved a month ago. Two RepubIi-
can and one Independent paper is
supporting Gov. McEnery, and one
Republican and two Independent pa
pers are supporting Gen. Nichols.
Honors are, therefore, even between
the rival candidates so far as the Re-
publican support is concerned.
CONVENT, Nov. 28.-The Picayune
of Sunday, speaking as the organ of
the "reformers," proclaimed editori-
ally that Nichols had carried St.
James parish by popular majority.
The Pic. is in error. Although Gov.
Nichols canvassed portions of the
PARISH from house to house with Mr..
Ed. Scannell the day before the pri
maries, the popular vote was as follows:
Nichols $40, McEnery 1896. This is
authentic. If the information of the
Performers" from other sections is as
reliable as that from st. James they
had better claim Acadia.
Louisiana Democrat: "The Jimmies
proposed to the Executive Committee
to be as fair as the white man was by
the Indian. "Mr. Indian, you take the
buzzard and Til take the turkey; or
III take the turkey and you take the
buzzard.' The majority of the COM
mittee took the turkey and left the
Jimmies the buzzard." The above is
from the Shreveport Journal. 1t
shows the true spirit of the reformers,
in their present grab for everything.
They will, however, be left at the
State Convention when the nomination
is to be made. And Caddo will vote
for McEnery sure and certain. Take
our word for it.
Shreveport Times Whatever the
relative strength of McEnery, Mich,
oils or Moncure in Webster parish
and the friends of the former have
never claimed il, it cannot be denied
that the action of the mass meeting
held last Monday had very much
the appearance of a rape. The meet
ing had been called, not to appoint
delegates to the State convention, but
to devise a plan for their appointment
either by primary election or by 1
subsequent mass meeting. There art
no two sides to this proposition
Clearly, then, the Nichols men VIC
lated good faith in the premises, ant
such violation gives color to the sus
picion that they were not so absolutell
confident of their strength in thC
parish as we had been led to suppose
| Morgan City Free Press 'FThe Nc
Eneryites are now charging the friend
and supporters of Gen. Nichols, al
constituting a "UnIfcatiop Party
Nichollsites, brand this as an inferna
| lie !'-LGke Charles Commercial
In the last campaign Gen. Nicholll
volunteered his services, and in com
pany with a negro, who had beel
taken from the cars and whipped TO
insulting white ladies, stumped tn
District. Such uniieationists a
Allan, Davidson, Roeksbnry, AMI
others formed company and Posey as
sisted in his little game in carrying
out the programme. The candIdat
of course took these monkeys paws Il
pull his chesnuts from the FIRE, butther
is no record of his abandoning the ches
nuts for the paws. The Nichollsite
may "brand this as an internal lie
but the fact remains that he was il
bad company.
Ruston Galigraph: From the pro
ceedings of the Executive Committe
published in another column of th
/ Caligrapb it win be seen that on
| delegates to the State Convention ar
to be selected by parish convention
to be held in Ruston on the 10th dal
of December. We are disposed to re
| gard political conventions Of all kind
as unreliable and susceptible of COZ
rupt manipulation. This, however
can be averted by the voters electint
only the most stannch and reliabI,
men il the ward primaries 10 repre-
sent them in the parish convention
men Of well known views and whom
the most implicit confidence can ),
placed. Willthe voters Of the severa
wards of Lincoln parish do this Oh I'd
18th Of December, the day Of thi
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